Balci Belgin Petek
Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences; Haseki Research and Education Hospital Neurology Clinic, İstanbul, Turkey.
Noro Psikiyatr Ars. 2018;55(Suppl 1):S49-S53. doi: 10.29399/npa.23339.
Spasticity is a serious problem that adversely affects the daily life of patients, and creates difficulties for caregivers. The symptom that causes the most disability in multiple sclerosis patients is spasticity. The methods used in the measurement and evaluation of spasticity have some incomplete aspects and errors. In this article, we examined and compared the old and new methods used in the quantitative evaluation of spasticity, and tried to define the ideal method.
痉挛是一个严重的问题,会对患者的日常生活产生不利影响,并给护理人员带来困难。在多发性硬化症患者中导致残疾最严重的症状就是痉挛。用于测量和评估痉挛的方法存在一些不完整之处和误差。在本文中,我们研究并比较了用于痉挛定量评估的新旧方法,并试图确定理想的方法。